To:V. V. ADORATSKY[1]

Published:First published in 1924 inProletarskaya RevolutsiaNo. 3.

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April 6, 1920

ComradeAdoratsky,

Ihave passed on to Comrade Khodorovsky a request to
help you as regards rations, wood fuel, etc.

Hehas promised to do this.

Writeto me when someone is coming this way (bettor
through the military)

(1)hasanything been done to help you? in rations?
in fuel?

(2)doyou need anything more?

(3)canyou collect material for thehistory of the Civil
War

andthehistory of the Soviet Republic?

Canyou collect any of this material in Kazan? Can I be
of assistance?

FilesofIzvestiaandPravda?Is a lot missing?

CanI help in getting what is missing?

Pleasewrite to me, andgive your address.

Bestgreetings.

Yours,Lenin

[1]Adoratsky,V. V.(1878–1945)—professional revolutionary,
Bolshevik. In 1920, he became assistant manager of the Central Archives
Board, and in 1932 a member of the Academy of Sciences of the
U.S.S.R. He wrote a number of works on the Marxist theory of
the state and law, and on the philosophy and history of Marxism.